Amazon Scaling Back Development Of Consumer Products? Amazon has scaled back or halted development of some consumer products as part of a more cautious spending approach taken to heed investors' calls for improved profitability, the Wall Street Journal reported. More » Vizio To Make First Appearance At A CEDIA Expo Vizio, which became a major TV player by selling through national retail chains, will attend a CEDIA Expo for the first time in October as part of its effort to expand into custom-install and specialty-A/V channels. More »
GameStop: Ain't No Stopping Us Now GameStop posted strong second-quarter results that were largely driven by its non-gaming businesses. Net sales rose a modest 1.8 percent to $1.8 billion for the three months ended Aug. 1. But more telling, comp sales increased 8.1 percent worldwide and 10.8 percent in the U.S., and net income soared 34.6 percent to $33.1 million. More »
LG Mobile Ties Up With Joseph Gordon-Levitt Englewood Cliffs, N.J. LG Electronics MobileComm is teaming up with actor, writer and director Joseph Gordon-Levitt to create short films pieced together from video and audio clips captured by consumers' smartphones. More »
Sprint To AT&T: Bundle This! Sprint went on the offensive to blunt the impact of new AT&T-DirecTV service bundles, offering a free year of service to DirecTV subscribers who switch cellular service to Sprint. More »
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